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Des Sonntags in der Morgenstund', Wie wandert's sich so schön Am Rhein, wenn rings in weiter Rund' Die Morgenglocken gehn! Ein Schifflein zieht auf blauer Flut, Da singt's und jubelt's drein; Du Schifflein, gelt, das fährt sich gut In all die Lust hinein? Vom Dorfe hallet Orgelton, Es tönt ein frommes Lied, Andächtig dort die Prozession Aus der Kapelle zieht. Und ernst in all die Herrlichkeit Die Burg herniederschaut Und spricht von alter, guter Zeit, Die auf den Fels gebaut. Das Alles beut der prächt'ge Rhein An seinem Rebenstrand, Und spiegelt recht im hellsten Schein Das ganze Vaterland, Das fromme, treue Vaterland In seiner vollen Pracht, Mit Lust und Liedern allerhand Vom lieben Gott bedacht.
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Authorship
- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Sonntags am Rhein", appears in Lieder, in Stimmungen und Gestalten, first published 1844 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 205 (Vier Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen) no. 2, published 1863 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Sonntags am Rhein ", op. 47 (Vier Gesänge für vierstimmigen Frauenchor) no. 1 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig : Rob. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Lewalter , "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder im Volkston für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 4, published 1886 [ four-part men's chorus ], Schleusingen, Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Pache (1857 - 1897), "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 3 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 3, published 1884 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Dresden, Meinhold [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 52 no. 3 (1871) [ SATB chorus ], from Im neuen Frühling, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Des Sonntags in der Morgenstund", op. 75 (Sechs deutsche Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 36 no. 1 (1840), published 1842 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte aus dem Liederbuch eines Malers, no. 1, Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wenzel Heinrich Veit (1806 - 1864), "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 37 (Sechs vierstimmige Gesänge für Männerstimmen) no. 6, published 1854 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Vierling (1820 - 1901), "Sonntags am Rhein ", op. 1, published 1847 [ SATB chorus and piano ], Berlin, Guttentag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Weiss , "Sonntags am Rhein", op. 43 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Ries [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zondags aan de Rijn", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Sundays on the Rhine", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dimanches sur le Rhin", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 115
On Sundays in the morning hours, how pleasant it is to wander along the Rhine, when all around the morning bells are chiming! A little ship floats by on the blue water, with singing and jubilation on board; You little ship, say, isn't it good to travel with such merriment? From the village echoes the tones of the organ, intoning its pious song; Devoutly there the procession moves out from the chapel. And solemnly in all its splendor the castle gazes down and speaks of the good old days when it was built upon the cliff. All of this the splendid Rhine hoards upon its viny shore, and in the bright sunshine it reflects the whole of our fatherland... the pious, true fatherland in all its full glory, with joy and songs all around, contemplated by beloved God.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Sonntags am Rhein", appears in Lieder, in Stimmungen und Gestalten, first published 1844
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 138